a (semi) weekly podcast about... whatever.  Featuring some guy named grant, tim - just tim, and guests.

I'm a middle aged guy from the Midwest. I have had a love of music my entire life. I was 1st introduced to hip hop when I was a kid and listened to Run DMC rap with Aerosmith on Walk This Way. I was fascinated by the scritchericth sounds the DJ made. 

In my teens I cut my teeth on eighties heavy metal, but there was always The Beastie Boys, 2 Live Crew, NWA and Public Enemy. I got to see Anthrax and PE play together - AMAZING! Then I moved into early industrial music, where I heard many of my favorite artists dropping samples from movies and newscasts over heavy electronic rhythms and guitars. Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Thrill Kill Kult. 

In the nineties I moved to Los Angeles and found West Coast hip hop. Snoop, Dre etc. Fat beats and fat bass keyboards. I also discovered Portishead, Tricky, Massive Attack and other downbeat trip-hop. And in the bins of used cds I found world music- sitars and duduks and throat singing. 

In the new century I came across a new style of DJ in Lovage, HBMS and other collaborations of producer Dan The Automator and Prince Paul with scratch artist Kid Koala. Using old jazz records to scratch KK would create his own aural collages with samples mixed into a new form. 

And then the Pandemic hit in 2020. In my boredom I came across an app that allowed me to sample -and scritcheritch! - in my cell phone! I took to it with such zeal that my partner at the time bought my my first deck, and I was off.  

I am not a "DJ". I do not beat-mix songs at a party. I am a scratch artist, and I create aural collages. Sampling beats from songs I hear, mixing them with poetry recitations or quotes and sounds that I see on the news and in movies I create little samples of the world and times I live in. These little chunks of art can be played on your Bluetooth speakers and move you to dance and shake your hips. Or to slow down, think, and feel.  

Enjoy!

Gravadora/Produtora Lo-fi  independente.  

*****this page is still a work in progress*****

Grant has been in and out of bands since the mid/late 1980s.  He is versatile in many styles including rock, punk, hardcore/thrash, alternative, electronic, country, folk, indie, and many others.  Grant's main influences include Johnny Marr, Andy Summers, Neil Finn, Daniel Ash, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Boz Boorer, George Harrison, Jeff Lynn, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, and many many others.  

The last project/band that Grant was in (BockScar) was blown apart in 2016 due to complications with a lead singer that Grant had worked with, off & on, since the mid 1990s.  BockScar formed in the summer of 2015... had a lineup change with the rhythm section in January of 2016 and was only able to play two live performances before the impending crash that occurred in October of 2016.

At the moment (2022/2023) there are some tentative plans to start a new project.  Stay tuned as things develop.

The songs listed on this page are DEMOS, and are just a loose representation of what Grant was able to accomplish at the time of recording.  

Grant retains all music rights to all songs listed on this page with the exception of any covers that may (or may not) be added later.

Thanks for stopping by...

S.G.

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